Mail-box post



Dec. 4, 1928. 1,693,698

S. B. HALE MAIL BOX POST Filed Oct. 18, 1927 Inventor SKI B. flaZe,

Patented Dec. 4, i928.

SAMUEL B. HALE, or 'B'oeKLnY, rumors.

MAIL-BOX POST.

Application filed October 18, 1927. Serial No. 226 955.

Thepresent invention relates to a post for mail boxes used in. rural delivery and has for its prime object to provide a post which 1s easily movable so that the same may be placed in different positions from time to time so that in muddy rural districts the mail box maybe shifted at frequent intervals so as to prevent the formation of deep ruts ad acent to the mail box which, at certain seasons of the year, make itimpossible for the mail man to approach the box.

A still further important object ofthe invention resides in the provision of a post of this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, thoroughly efficient and reliable inuse, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which is is designed.

Vith the above and numerous other objects 7 in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the post embodying the features of my invention,

Figure 2 is a front elevation,

Figure 3 is a perspective View of a cross bar.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the letter A denotes a front frame member which is formed from a strip of steel tion 5. The terminal of the lower portion 6 are pointed as at c. A strip or rod ofsteel or the like B provides a platform portion 6 merging into a downwardly inclined portion 7 which terminates in a leg 8 downwardly and angularly disposed thereto and having a sharpened point 9 to be imbedded in the ground.

A rear frame structure A is of an inverted V-shaped formation to provide legs 5" which are twisted intermediate their ends as at 6 to provide upper portions a and lower portions 5. Thisframe A is much smaller than the frame A. The legs 5 are connected by a cross bar 10 While the legs 5 are connected by a smaller cross bar 10. This post structure is connected together by means of bolts 12 and 12 the former engaging through the apex portion of the frame structure A and the platform portion 6 of the bar B while the bolt 12 engages the bight portion of the frame A with an intermediate lower portion of the downwardly inclined portion 9 of the bar B. The leg frames are imbedded in the ground as is clearly illustrated in Figure 1. The mail box is secured in any suitable manner on the platform portion 6.

It will be apparent from the above description that this post structure may be easily lifted out of the ground and placed in the ground at some other point for the purpose and advantages outlined above.

It is thought that the construction, utility, and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail merely by way of example since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. A mail box post structure of the class described comprising a front frame, a smaller rear frame, said frames being of an inverted V-shap ed formation, a connecting member secured to the bights of said frames and in clining downwardly from the larger frame to the smaller frame.

2. A mail box post structure of the class described comprising a front frame, a smaller rear frame, said frames being of an inverted V-shaped formation, a connecting member secured to the bights of said frames and inclining downwardly from the larger frame to the smaller frame, said connecting memher having its end adjacent the larger frame provided with a platform portion on which may be secured a mail box.

3. A mail box poststructure of the class de scribed comprising a-front frame, a smaller rear frame, said frames being of an inverted Vshaped formation a connecting member secured to the bights of said frames and inclining downwardly from the larger frame to the smaller frame, said connecting member having its end adjacent the larger frame provided with a platform portion on Which may be secured a mail box, the other end of the connecting member merging into an angularly and downwardly disposed portion hav- 10 ing a sharpened end.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SAMUEL B. HALE. 

